Get ready to take a break and have fun as Christmas or the holiday season is approaching and the holiday spirit is in full gear all over. Just before the new year almost everywhere, companies will be winding down to let their employees lose a bit and to boost their holiday spirit during Christmas. As Christmas is the perfect time to enjoy the holiday season and take benefit of your employees by engaging them. Though instead of spending a great time with their loved ones, many employees have to work during the holiday but is not a reason to miss out on holiday fun. So, why not celebrate and have fun in the office on Christmas festive?
Christmas, a sacred Christian festival, is celebrated every year as a cultural holiday all over the world to honor Jesus’ birth, the spiritual leader and founder of Christianity on 25 December. However, there is just 5% of the Indian population are Christians, it is still celebrated with great pomp and gaiety as people from all religions join in the festivities.
Christmas celebration in the office is the perfect way to give your employee a well-deserved break from workplace stress, build harmonious relationships with them, build a positive team, develop positive company culture, increase their productivity, bring them together and get everyone into the holiday spirit. That’s why at the end of every year, many employees look forward to getting relax, celebrating their accomplishments from the year, and setting afresh goals for the new year. Throwing a traditional office party or buying some unusual stuff for your employees at Christmas is so common and has become boring so plan a unique holiday party and gift them a creative holiday experience as it’s a great way to appreciate the hard work of your awesome team. So, break out your holiday spirit and get ready to plan a creative Christmas office party by incorporating the below-mentioned fun activities and ideas to make it an unforgettable office holiday party.
Christmas/Holiday Party Games & Activities
It’s a good idea to keep festive holiday-themed games or contests to entertain your employees during the party. Try to include different types of games as there are more than sausages or Christmas activities that you have not yet tried. You can choose some classic games such as taboo words, or get ludicrous challenges with votes through the app and many others with a holiday theme so that your party may have a fun and festive feeling. You can also organize a gymkhana to test their skills, memory, and mimicry, holiday charades, Guess the holiday song, Giant Jenga, and Pin the carrot nose on the snowman. Don’t forget to keep the reward for the winning employee. Some popular Christmas-themed games and activities are:
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- Holiday Trivia
Holiday Trivia is a very easy and interesting Christmas game in which players are spilt into teams and given challenges to answer holiday-based questions. You can keep any category like food, traditions, winter weather, movies, music, pop culture holidays, or any other creative one as per the holiday theme. Teams have to write down and submit the answers and then reveal them by pressing buzzers. You can use jingle bells instead of buzzers to give it a festive touch. This game can also be played through the Kahoot app which automatically keeps track of the scores of the team based on their quickness and correctness of answers. To make it more joyful, you can add multimedia elements like playing audio or video clips or showing ultra-zoomed-in photos.
The best thing is that it can be played in various ways. It’s such a fun holiday party game that never lets you feel bored or dull as you have to compete against your colleagues in an exciting virtual battle of knowledge and wits. It’s a perfect game to spend a memorable time with your colleagues.
- Themed Escape Room
A themed escape room is an interactive and problem-solving holiday party game that adds fun to your virtual Christmas party. It’s a perfect game that brings co-workers together to solve puzzles or riddles to break out of a locked room before time runs out. You can build your escape room and customize it according to your company’s size, values, and culture. For instance, teams have to help Santa in finding a way who gets locked in a living room or find a Xmas-themed room nearby; it may be to escape the airport on Christmas eve, escape the mall after midnight, or runaway winter train. To give it a more festive touch, you can hide the clues or hint within the holiday objects like hiding a key in a Christmas ornament or the colored lights.
- Play Secret Santa
Secret Santa is another popular game or activity to not only celebrate the Christmas party but also get all employees across different teams together. To play it, prepare name cards for each person and ask them to choose one and give him a gift thus that person will be a secret Santa to whose card he has chosen. In the case of a large number of employees and different teams, you can use an app like Gamification to organize the secret Santa at the workplace. It’s a Christmas tradition that boosts a spirit of solidarity among employees and gives them some holiday appreciation.
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5 Christmas Party Ideas
Make your Christmas party unique and creative with these party ideas or themes.
- The Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
Make your holiday party creative with the ugly Christmas sweater party invite and add some holiday cheer. Ask everyone to wear their ugliest Christmas sweater that may be featuring a picture of Santa’s face with a fluffy wool beard, a sweater in horrible shades of brown, green, and purple, a thick wool sweater knit or but by your grandmother, or featuring a reindeer with silver stitching around their barbs. So, take your most nasty sweaters and showcase your ugly creation as the party theme is “embrace the ugliness.” You can also buy a new plain sweater for employees and set up a crafting station that includes a pair of reindeer ears and various other types of embarrassing props to decorate their sweaters. To make it more interesting you can keep the competition and reward the prizes to the most impressive and ugliest sweater. It’s the funniest Christmas party idea to coddle in a riot of laughter.
- Volunteer Together
Volunteering activity is the best holiday team-shared activities to make a bond among the employees and boost the giving spirit of the holiday season. You can organize a project in the workplace or can do this by travelling off-site. You can spend a day volunteering at the local food bank, picking up trash from the side of the highway, choosing a local charity, or even can work for some organization as a volunteer such as Homeless shelters and missions, Retirement homes, Animal rescues, adult education organizations— Nursing homes, Toys for Tots, Salvation Army bell ringing, VA hospitals, and many others. You can also set up Santa’s workshop, buy or collect some gifts or toys for charity and ask the employees to wrap, tag, and craft cards to go with each one. Creating simple fleece blankets for donating or making holiday cards to give to deployed military members is also a great way for spreading good cheer around us.
- Decorate the Office
Get into the Christmas spirit by decorating the workplace and have fun by involving the whole team to put up the decoration. A bit of decoration here and there can make your employees excited even if they have to spend an entire day in the office. Decorate the whole workplace including their desks, the halls, and the rest room with string lights, paper snowflakes, tinsel, Christmas socks or hats, chanukiahs, and a Christmas tree. Further, you can also decorate a Christmas tree ornament with everyone’s name on it via glue, glitter, and a little paint. With this sparkling Christmas tree just cheer and have a memorable holiday experience.
- Hire Entertainers
Hiring outside entertainers not only make your party entertaining but also motivate the employees to attend to lighten up their mood and get into the Christmas spirit. To give it a festive touch hire people in fun costumes and ask everyone to put on Santa hats or reindeer antlers as well, it would add fun and laughter to the workplace. Among so many entertainment options, you can pick anyone for the Christmas party. For example, you can organize a live band, or hire a small group of professional carolers, Magicians, Comedians, Santa Claus, or Elvis impersonators.
- Cookie Decorating
Take to your Christmas party to the next level by demonstrating cookie decoration or setting up a cookie-decorating table. The cookie decoration idea can be implemented in two ways first you can call a professional chef or baker to show you how to create delightful desserts. They can show so many ways to decorate your desserts like topping an ice cream cone to look like a Christmas tree, making candy snowflakes, cake pops, or truffle towers. Allow the guests to practice the same and also let them take the final treat to their home. In another way, you ask everyone to bake and decorate their cookie with frosting and sprinkles while talking and listening to music. First prepare simple sugar cookies in different shapes like pine trees, stars, snowflakes, gingerbread men, or candy canes then set up an icing station with a range of colors and decorations. To add more fun, you can keep a competition among them and award the best cookie. The best thing is that you don’t require any experience in baking and take your cookies to your home. SIt’s such a great way for motivating team building and to have an out-of-box experience.
Top 3 Christmas Party Places In Delhi NCR
- The Imperial
Enjoy a lavish Christmas Eve party with the Imperial which offers a luxuriant staycation including a night’s stay in the hotel. They also provide an extensive buffet with various amazing surprises for kids. Indeed, it’s a must-try and one of the best party halls in Delhi.
Location: Janpath Lane, Connaught Place, New Delhi
Date: 24th December
- The Sacred Heart Cathedral
Christmas being a sacred festive, almost every people visit a nearby church. So, if you are planning to attend the Eucharist Mass, don forget to visit the Sacred Heart Cathedral, one of the most beautiful and the biggest church in Delhi. You will enjoy the carol with delicious cake and coffee and every moment of the grand celebration on Christmas night. Click here to know more
Location: Ashok Place, New Delhi
Date and Timings: 24th December at 11 pm onwards
- Jazbaa Lounge
The Jazbaa Lounge with its opulent ambiance will give you an ultimate party experience with your family and friends. Let’s enjoy one of the most exciting Christmas events featuring a live DJ night with Tatva K. Hop and lip-smacking food. Click here to book now
Location: Rajouri Garden, New, Delhi
Date: 24th December
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